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dairy, without intrusting the care of provid- 

 ing them wholly to domestics, the mistress 

 must rise early, to superintend the feeding 

 of her chickens, the milking of her cow, 

 and the churning in her dairy. 



The following suggestions — compiled dur- 

 ing a long life by one who has visited various 

 parts of the world — are founded not only 

 upon the experience of years, but on the 

 just and simple principle, — " That we pay 

 to nature the compliment of suffering her 

 to dictate to us; and then, so far as pos- 

 sible, of attending to her wise and simple 

 laws." But previously, a few plain obser- 

 vations on the best means of attaining that 

 object may, perhaps, not be found unac- 

 ceptable. 



Active habits are the great means of 

 health ; and, among these, early rising is one 

 of the greatest. To a man of business it is 

 indispensable ; and to the mistress of a fa- 



